2023–24 FK Austria Wien season

The 2023–24 FK Austria Wien season was the club's 113th season in existence and its 79th consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Austria Wien participated in this season's edition of the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

FK Austria Wien

2023–24 season
Manager	Michael Wimmer
Stadium	Generali Arena
Austrian Football Bundesliga	8th
Austrian Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa Conference League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Andreas Gruber (10) All: Andreas Gruber (14)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 February 2024^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Christian Früchtl 2 DF  AUT Luca Pazourek 3 DF  BRA Lucas Galvão 4 DF  AUT Ziad El Sheiwi 8 MF  AUS James Holland 9 FW  AUT Muharem Husković 10 FW  KOS Fisnik Asllani (on loan from Hoffenheim) 11 FW  AUT Manuel Polster 13 GK  AUT Lukas Wedl 17 FW  AUT Andreas Gruber 19 DF  AUT Marvin Potzmann 21 DF  FRA Hakim Guenouche 22 MF  AUT Florian Wustinger 24 DF  CRO Tin Plavotić

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  AUT Reinhold Ranftl 27 FW  AUT Romeo Vučić 29 FW  AUT Marko Raguž 30 MF  AUT Manfred Fischer 33 FW  AUT Alexander Schmidt 36 FW  AUT Dominik Fitz 37 MF  AUT Moritz Wels 40 DF  AUT Matteo Meisl 41 DF  GER Frans Krätzig (on loan from Bayern Munich) 46 DF  AUT Johannes Handl 60 FW  ISR Ayi Silva Kangani 66 DF  LUX Marvin Martins 99 GK  AUT Mirko Kos

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  AUT Sandali Conde (at Stripfing until 30 June 2024) — GK  AUT Samuel Şahin-Radlinger (at Almere City until 30 June 2024) — DF  AUT Leonardo Ivkić (at Stripfing until 30 June 2024) — DF  AUT Florian Kopp (at Stripfing until 30 June 2024) — DF  AUT Tobias Polz (at Stripfing until 30 June 2024) — DF  AUT Dejan Radonjic (at Stripfing until 30 June 2024) — MF  AUT Denis Dizdarević (at Stripfing until 30 June 2024) — MF  AUT Matthias Braunöder (at Como until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  AUT Dario Kreiker (at Stripfing until 30 June 2024) — MF  TUR Enis Safin (at Stripfing until 30 June 2024) — MF  AUT Sanel Saljic (at Stripfing until 30 June 2024) — MF  AUT Timo Schmelzer (at Stripfing until 30 June 2024) — FW  AUT Daniel Au Yeong (at Stripfing until 30 June 2024) — FW  AUT Lukas Haubenwaller (at Neusiedl am See until 30 June 2024) — FW  AUT Can Keleş (at Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Marvin Potzmann	LASK	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Reinhold Ranftl	Schalke 04	Undisclosed	1 July 2023
FW	Fisnik Asllani	1899 Hoffenheim	Loan	31 August 2023	[2]
GK	Samuel Şahin-Radlinger	SV Ried	Free	31 August 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Haris Tabaković	Hertha BSC	€500,000	1 August 2023	[3]
GK	Samuel Şahin-Radlinger	Almere City	Loan	1 September 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Austria Wien v Aris Limassol

18 July 2023 Friendly	Austria Wien	1–1	Aris Limassol
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Austria Wien v SKN St. Pölten

16 November 2023 Friendly	Austria Wien	3–2	SKN St. Pölten
15:00 CET (UTC+1)

Hradec Králové v Austria Wien

10 January 2024 Tipsport Malta Cup	Hradec Králové	v	Austria Wien
17:00 CET (UTC+1)

Spartak Trnava v Austria Wien

13 January 2024 Tipsport Malta Cup	Spartak Trnava	v	Austria Wien
11:00 CET (UTC+1)

Sigma Olomouc v Austria Wien

15 January 2024 Tipsport Malta Cup	Sigma Olomouc	v	Austria Wien
16:00 CET (UTC+1)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga	August 2023	May 2024	Matchday 1		17	5	6	6	16	16	+0	029.41
Austrian Cup	22 July 2023		First round		3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	100.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	27 July 2023	17 August 2023	Second qualifying round	Third qualifying round	4	3	0	1	8	6	+2	075.00
Total					24	11	6	7	36	22	+14	045.83

Last updated: 9 December 2023
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Football Bundesliga

Main article: 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Hartberg	22	9	7	6	33	28	+5	34[a]	Qualification for the Championship round
6	Rapid Wien	22	8	9	5	38	21	+17	33[b]
7	Austria Wien	22	9	6	7	25	22	+3	33[b]	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Wolfsberger AC	22	8	6	8	29	32	−3	30
9	SCR Altach	22	4	7	11	17	30	−13	19

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Away goals scored.^[4]
Notes:

1. Head to head points: Klagenfurt 4, TSV Hartberg 1.
2. Head to head points: Rapid 4, Austria Wien 1.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STU	RBS	LASK	RWI	HAR	AKL
1	Sturm Graz (C)	32	19	10	3	56	23	+33	44	Qualification for the Champions League league stage		—	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
2	Red Bull Salzburg	32	20	7	5	74	29	+45	42	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a]		2–2	—	7–1	1–1	5–1	4–2
3	LASK	32	14	10	8	43	33	+10	34	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b]		2–2	3–1	—	5–0	1–3	1–0
4	Rapid Wien	32	11	12	9	47	35	+12	28	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round		1–3	2–0	0–0	—	0–3	1–1
5	Hartberg	32	12	9	11	49	52	−3	28	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs		1–3	1–5	1–2	0–3	—	3–2
6	Austria Klagenfurt	32	9	12	11	40	50	−10	22			0–4	4–3	0–2	0–1	2–2	—

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Matches won; 9) Away matches won; 10) Away goals scored.^[5]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Red Bull Salzburg were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.
2. The 2023–24 Austrian Cup winners qualified for the Europa League play-off round. Since the cup winners (Sturm Graz) qualified based on league position, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WOL	AWI	BWL	ALT	WAT	LUS
1	Wolfsberger AC	32	12	10	10	41	39	+2	31	Qualification for the Conference League play-offs		—	0–1	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–1
2	Austria Wien (O)	32	12	10	10	35	34	+1	29			0–4	—	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1
3	Blau-Weiß Linz	32	7	11	14	33	48	−15	22			0–0	1–2	—	2–1	3–2	0–0
4	Rheindorf Altach	32	6	13	13	27	40	−13	21			0–1	1–1	2–2	—	0–0	2–2
5	WSG Tirol	32	7	5	20	29	55	−26	19			1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	—	0–0
6	Austria Lustenau (R)	32	4	9	19	22	58	−36	16	Relegation to Austrian Football Second League		1–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	—

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Matches won; 10) Away matches won; 11) Away goals scored.^[4]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: November 2023.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on November 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.^[6]

v

August 2023 1

v

Austrian Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Austrian Cup

The draw for the season's first round took place on 25 June.^[7]

SV SPORTASTIC Spittal v Austria Wien

21 July 2023 First round

SV SPORTASTIC Spittal

v

Austria Wien

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)

Second qualifying round

Austria Wien v Borac Banja Luka

27 July 2023 First leg	Austria Wien	1–0	Borac Banja Luka	Vienna, Austria
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Holland  37' Ranftl  57' Husković  87' Tabaković 90+4'	Report	Cortés  57' Predragović  69' D. Milkanović (not on pitch)  89'	Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium Attendance: 9,717[8] Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)

Borac Banja Luka v Austria Wien

3 August 2023 Second leg	Borac Banja Luka	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Austria Wien	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cortés  33', 49' Vranješ  78' Pejović  90+5'	Report	Fischer  9' Holland  51' Gruber 53' Potzmann  62' Polster 65',  90+5' Husković  90+5'	Stadium: Banja Luka City Stadium Attendance: 8,653[9] Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
Note: Austria Wien won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Legia Warsaw v Austria Wien

10 August 2023 First leg	Legia Warsaw	1–2	Austria Wien	Warsaw, Poland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Muçi 87' Pekhart  90+5'	Report	Huskovic 11', 56' Potzmann  21' Ranftl  39'	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 26,519[10] Referee: Pierre Gaillouste (France)

Austria Wien v Legia Warsaw

17 August 2023 Second leg	Austria Wien	3–5 (5–6 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Vienna, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gruber  45+3', 69', 83' M. Martins  64' Fischer  73' Jukić  89' Ranftl 90+7'	Report	Elitim  35', 39' Gual 45+1' Augustyniak  45+4' Pekhart 59' Rosołek 87' Slisz  90' Josué  90+3' Muçi 90+10',  90+10'	Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium Attendance: 10,288[11] Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Note: Legia Warsaw won 6–5 on aggregate.